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Thank-you for doing this live trip report, wish we were onboard with you.  Have a fantastic cruise to Alaska!  Stay safe. 

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We just received our deposit refund on b2b Sky Princess cruises they cancelled for March 2021.  Refund took 8 weeks from date of request.

We’ve been on two medallion cruises and just used the lanyard on both of them.  When we would go to dinner at night,  I unhooked the medallion from the lanyard and kept it in my shirt or pants pocket.  Whatever works for you is all that matters.

57 minutes ago, Ronnieslady said:

Looks to me like the agency that has the 3 day sale,  are making you get the Princess plus, which already has the free gratitudes, free WiFi, & the drink package .  Maybe that’s why they are giving a large OBC added. One year when I called about their offer, I realized they were charging the same price as Princess & not any discount.  I would rather have the discount, not OBC. Also not sure if they win honor their sale with having  a Princess Casino discount.    In order to find the sale on google you must say the name of the company & Princess 3 day sale.  That’s how I found it.  

I believe you are correct.  Our TA mentioned Princess plus when we booked a B2B Enchanted Princess cruise a couple of weeks ago.  When comparing the value of Princess plus, it really is a good deal.  As for prices, I compared the price we paid in 2019 when we booked Sky Princess B2B for March 2021 under theIr 3 day sale, and the price we will pay for Enchanted Princess in March 2022. The net price is comparable plus we would receive a decent amount of OBC and the same perks. I can’t answer about Princess Casino discount.  And we will have the same staterooms on both Sky and Enchanted.

3 hours ago, phabric said:

I use that agency.  Can you tell us the perks are they are offering?

I didn’t read the offers closely but there seemed to be quite a bit of OBC.  Our TA, who works for that agency said she would send me more info.

Just an FYI, the online cruise agency that usually has their 3 day Princess sale in June, will be having it this year beginning on September 24th. I’ve only seen a preview of the offers.  

We sailed Sky Princess March 7th to 14th and then things went south for the cruise industry.  Sky is a beautiful ship and fantastic service throughout the ship. We spent every evening pre-dinner in Crown Grill bar and had great service there from Ryan. 
We had 2 of the best waitstaff in the MDR (Dan & Mark) that we have ever had on a cruise., and we’ve been cruising for over 25 years.

We plan on being back on Sky Princess for b2b cruises in March 2021.  We are really hoping those cruises will be a go. 
 

We have now received the refund for the total cost of our cancelled March 15th Silhouette cruise.  It came back to our cc in three different deposits.  

We requested a refund for the March 15th Silhouette cruise that Celebrity cancelled.  So far only taxes and fees have been refunded.  Still waiting on the biggest chunk of money.  

Sky Princess March 7th to 14th, 2020.  We were supposed to board Celebrity Silhouette on March 15th but received a text from our TA and Celebrity on March 13th advising it was cancelled.  Have Sky Princess booked for 20 days in March 2021.  I hope things are back to nearly normal by then. 

A Holland America ship is on the schedule to be at Terminal 21 on the 15th. 

I would  guess since there are no RCCL ships in port that day, Silhouette will sail out of terminal 18.  At least that’s what I hope since we will be on that sailing.

We have had the Caymus cab and it is very nice. Had it on Royal Princess in August.

On cyber Monday last year, We booked a 12 night Caribbean cruise on Silhouette for March 2020.  We booked an Aqua class 1 with two perks for $5863 USD including taxes, fees and port charges.
Today an AQ 1 for this cruise is over $12,000 USD with 2 perks.  Who in their right mind would pay that price for Aqua class?

I have a question; is the MDR menu available for everyone who dines in BLU?

Thanks

You’ve taken some really nice pictures Keith.  Hope you continue to have a great cruise. We will be on Sky Princess in March 2020 and for twenty days in 2021.

Mike

It was on Royal Princess in August.  
 

I’ve not been impressed with the new wine list.  It seems there are now just a bunch of inferior wines.  I am one who really likes Australian wines.  Been drinking them for over 20 years.

I doubt that Giuseppe Castino can be on two different ships at the same time. I suspect he may be on Golden Princess.

The video runs fine Norris.  Thanks.  Looks like it was a great trip.

I wish Princess would return to 6:00 pm for early traditional dining.  They already have 2 other dining rooms that start dining at 5:00 pm.  Why do ALL dining rooms have to start at 5:00 pm?

i also wish they would bring back BOGO or a variation of that.

We booked two 10 day B2B cruises on Sky Princess for March 2021.  Booked them the day they opened.  Prices are now almost $500 more for the same stateroom than what we paid.

We booked two 10 day B2B cruises on Sky Princess for March 2021.  We booked them the day they opened up and now the same cruises and stateroom are $500 and $600 more than we paid.  

We have ordered salmon from Taku while in Juneau and had it shipped to our home.  Prices seemed to be pretty reasonable.